Converting MKV videos to MP2 -4 ?

[Bill Davidsen]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 04/01/13 07:55, Jim wrote:
>> F18/Kde
>>
>> How can one convert MKV videos to MP2-4 ?
>>
>> What app will do it ?
>
> GUI or command line?
>
> Miro for GUI
> ffmpeg for command line
>
> I use....
>
> /usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $1 -acodec aac -ab 96k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -f mp4 -crf 22 -strict experimental $1.mp4
>
> in a script
>
Wow, I see why you want it in a script. I confess to being lazy and just setting 
the output filename to {something}.webm and getting a pretty portable file. I 
adjust frame size and video bitrate as needed, generally defaults work.

I use "-target ntsc-dvd" a lot to get a file which will go on a DVD should I 
need it.

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